I watched it without volume. HBO commentators were extremely lopsided, little commentary was made if any on Bradley's clean shots.
Before giving my scorecard (the first time I simply "watched" & agreed Pac won the "fight").
My score after watching the muted match & trying to grade by the book:
Before giving my scorecard (the first time I simply "watched" & agreed Pac won the "fight").
- Pac really did not win Round 1. If you gave him round one because of the three clean effective shots he landed in the closing seconds, you probably gave him any other round where you saw a flurry late because it looked as though they were the only "meaningful" punches. That is, punches successful in backing Bradley up or prompting a hug.
- Bradley hurt both his left and right foot. He rolled an ankle in round four, and it's no surprise that in that round, he looked as if he might go down. The rounds he lost early and where he looked extremely flat-footed were a result of the immediate effects of the injuries he sustained.
- After starting the fight well and believing he won the first four rounds (1 and 2 were very close, and easy to score differently, 3 and 4 were pretty clear Pac rounds), he took rd 5 and 6 off. He slowed his aggression and jacked up his punch count in the last minute of each rd. I believe it was rd 5 where he had 8 punches in the first 2 minutes and 16 in the last minute ---- and many of the "flurry" punches were wild and in bunches, few clean, solid shots as we saw throughout the first few rounds. Great at padding Compubox stats, and it is why looking at the final stats without watching the bout can be deceiving.
- Pac stepped it up a bit & generally landed the better and more noticeable shots in rds 7, 8, and 9. I had him winning each.
- Feeling he had it in the bag by winning the "close" or "uneventful" rounds where he was not hurt at all by Bradley, he again slowed down and began to take a one-sided approach. Bradley was consistent, his ring generalship was more apparent, he looked as though he was being busier with both his movement and footwork. He never hurt Manny, never drew the crowd's support, and never seemed to impress the commentators. However, it's certainly arguable that he did enough to be awarded rds 10, 11, and 12.
My score after watching the muted match & trying to grade by the book:
| Pac |
113 | Bradley | 115 |
| rd 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| rd 2 | 9 | 10 | |
| rd 3 | 10 | 9 | |
| rd 4 | 10 | 9 | |
| rd 5 | 9 | 10 | |
| rd 6 | 9 | 10 | |
| rd 7 | 10 | 9 | |
| rd 8 | 10 | 9 | |
| rd 9 | 10 | 9 | |
| rd 10 | 9 | 10 | |
| rd 11 | 9 | 10 | |
| rd 12 | 9 | 10 |
